A new report has revealed that demand for food banks has soared – thanks to low pay and zero-hours contracts. The TUC study says a record number of families are existing on emergency food…Read more…
Quality child care needs a valued workforce
#stuc15 The STUC will work across the early year’s sector to ensure that all parents have access to free, universal and flexible childcare, geared to the needs of children and their families and will press the Scottish Government for proper resources to support this.
Welcoming the commitment to date from the Scottish Government, political parties, business and civil society to good qualityRead more…
Care workers deserve living wage
#stuc15 The STUC endorsed UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and committed to campaigning for a living wage for all care workers in Scotland. Delegates backed the call from the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, which recognised the invaluable contribution of care workers to health and social care provision in Scotland and slammed the terrible working conditions for many as exposed by UNISON’s “TimeRead more…
IMF/World Bank adopt ‘radical new approach’ to policy-making
The international financial institutions (the IMF and World Bank) held their Spring meetings in Washington DC last week – along with G20 Finance Ministers – showing that they have adopted a radical new approach to forming policy for the global economy. Unfortunately, that new approach…Read more…
MoD workers on strike over pay
GMB members take action at Cinch Connectivity SolutionsRead more…
National Gallery hit by more strike action
PCS members continue their campaign against privatisationRead more…
Biscuit engineers on strike after refusing to accept crumbs under the table pay offer
Engineers working for Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, West Yorkshire are today on strike over a ‘paltry’ pay offer. The 42 Unite members will be taking part in a series of stoppages which will mean no…Read more…
UNISON’s NEC Elections: No Need to reclaim our UNION…You already own it!
This is a great flyer supporting the candidates of light and reason who are standing in the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) elections.
A minority faction within the union who have been regularly beaten in past ballots are attacking the union…Read more…
BREAKING: RMT to ballot 16,000 Network Rail members for national strike
Ballot comes after union members overwhelmingly rejected pay offerRead more…
TUC publishes guide to epilepsy in the workplace
Publication will be a valuable resource for trade union officials who are supporting members with epilepsyRead more…
Housing Demonstration:
Demonstrators Take Fight against the National Homelessness Scandal to Downing Street Hundreds took part in a mass rally outside Downing Street on April 15, as part of March for the Homeless 2015, an…Read more…
Got a vote? Here’s how to “Keep it Co-op”
If you are a voting member of the Co-operative Group you should have received a ballot paper for this year’s crucial AGM. If you believe it needs to retain its political voice and link with the Co-operative Party then vote “For” on motions 9 and …Read more…
No “Ordinary Bloke” , that Nigel
Making Plans for Nigel
A Beginner’s Guide to Farage and UKIP, by Harry…Read more…
On the critical list
Who would have ever thought that pathologists would be locked out of their own lab? That ambulance workers would go on strike? That a private equity group would run a hospital? And yet…Read more…
Putting working people first
When Graeme Morrice says he has “pursued an agenda of putting working people first” since being elected to Parliament in 2010 you know he’s not joking. The Livingston MP is an active supporter…Read more…
Why this election matters for workers rights
This election matters for workers rights. The ConDems have organised a race to the bottom and if the Tories win this election we can expect at lot worse. In contrast, Ed Miliband left the STUC today…Read more…
A cynical attack on caring staff
Plan to scrap unsocial hours payments is nothing more than a cynical cost-cutting exercise as part of the Conservatives.continuing austerity agendaRead more…
How can Tories be trusted with NHS?
The coalition government has left a huge hole in NHS finances and services under significant strain with a real risk that patient care will suffer according to a new report published by The…Read more…
Last-ditch talks scheduled to end Barking bin strike
GMB reps say they will attend tomorrow’s talks at ACASRead more…
Practical policies
The first hurdle facing Mary Galbraith in her quest to win on May 7 is geography, for Argyll and Bute is a vast and beautiful expanse of western Scotland with long stretches of road and water…Read more…